Lydia, Philadelphia, AE 17, Late 2nd Century BCE, Hermippos, son of Hermogenes,* archiereus [magistrate]. Obv. Head of young Dionysos right,...
My one coin showing Diadumenian alone, as Caesar: Diadumenian Caesar, AE Tetrassarion (4 Assaria), 217-218 AD, Nicopolis ad Istrum [Nikyup,...
How was this painting identified as Cleopatra? Because it looks like her portrayals on coins, or for some other reason?
I hear that she was her own grandmother!
I think the prices are equally jaw-dropping on CNG's new retail price list, their "Winter 2021 Classical Numismatic Review" that seems to have...
What does it taste like? Chicken?
Indeed! I've seen the photos of his unwrapped mummy showing his red hair.
More camels. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
If we're expanding to Provincials, here's an Antoninus Pius tetradrachm from Alexandria that does more than show a deity just standing around: it...
Do Macedonians not ever have red hair?
CNG currently has another example of the same coin -- I don't think it's the same example -- on sale in its Coin Shop for the bargain price of...
A great Victory! It definitely conveys a feeling of "furious" motion, as do the other coins posted so far. Here are a couple more that I think...
@Curtisimo, your coin reminds me a little of this Athena, who also appears to have forgotten to get dressed this morning, in her eagerness to do...
I'm afraid I have no coins with Juno's bottom, @Ryro. And I've posted my coins of Isis with Harpocrates* very recently, so I'll refrain from...
How about an elephant just standing around? I think elephants are always interesting! [ATTACH]
Just curious: If the oil lamp really dates to 40-80 AD, how could it have been part of a propaganda campaign by Octavian's supporters 70+ years...
A very attractive coin. I like these bracteates you speak of! Lions? For you, I have lions. Mysia, Kyzikos, boar and lion. [ATTACH] C....
@Alegandron already responded to that one.
Lovely! I've never seen that design before either -- or any coin with a human lying forward on a dolphin that way. Here's my Lucretius Trio, with...
Wonderful coin!
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